What a nice way to spend a weekend with Sweets and close friends in Baguio!
There was no special occassion, just a celebration of friendship through the years (even when miles apart). We decided to get together in Baguio, maybe because it's near Manila and the weather there is a good getaway from the heat of the city (Manila and Kuala Lumpur).
We took the the Deluxe trip of Victory Liner and left Cubao at 10:15am then arrived Baguio at 2:30pm. Yes it took us just 4 hours (non stop) travel because it was via TPLEX. We had our own restroom, free snacks and water plus free WiFi and not to mention the very beautiful and accommodating stewardess!
It's just the four of us: Me, Sweets, Karl and Che!
We stayed at Mountain Lodge - it is just in front of Gate 1 of Teacher's Camp. It was very homey and the people there were very accommodating.
From their site:
Located in the heart of the city's classic hotel row, Mountain Lodge is just a walk or ride away to most Baguio's attractions: Botanical Garden, Teacher's Camp, Wright Park, Mines View, Mansion House and Camp John Hay.
We just left our things in Mountain Lodge and headed to our first stop; Mines View.
Mines View is one of the most visited tourist attractions in Baguio.
We immediately looked for the famous dog in this place, the St. Bernard dog -- I was expecting just one but because it's our lucky day we had two St. Bs with us.
The one on the left is Feona (female) and the other one is King (male). Yes (I also asked.. ) Shrek was at home. Both St. Bs are three years old, very friendly, well trained and sweet!
Then off to the famous viewing deck.
Our next stop was at Good Shepherd Convent.
We wanted to make sure that we are able to get our pasalubongs ahead of time and thus this is place is one of our first stops.
Ang bigat na ng dala namin -- so we decided to bring the goodies back to Mountain Lodge first before we head for dinner.
We went to SM! You might ask -- why go all the way to Baguio just to visit SM? The only one (or one of the) mall that doesn't have air conditioning system. Yes! Who would need an air con with the weather in Baguio? Imagine how much cost of electricity they save because they don't need air con. Nice right??!! This is the viewing deck in SM Baguio!
Then we went for a walk in Session road to look for a good place to have our dinner! It was very cold outside and the place we had for dinner was just the perfect one!
To cap the night we decided to go to Burnham Park. Where we saw a lot of lovebirds and it was nakakakilig to look at them.. Some students were practicing some dance steps and some were just roaming around.. Just like us. We were also lucky to see the quick fireworks display by SM.
Fun day to start in Baguio!!
Til next blog entry!
Xoxo
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